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5 Setting General System
Preferences
Use this chapter to learn the commands to set system
preferences.
You can use Mac OS X Server to manage the work environment of Mac OS X users by
defining preferences. Preferences are settings that customize and control a user’s
computer experience.
Viewing or Changing the Computer Name
You can use the systemsetup tool to view or change a computer name (the name used
to browse for AFP share points on the server), which would otherwise be set using the
Sharing pane of System Preferences.
To display the computer name:
$ sudo systemsetup -getcomputername
or
$ sudo networksetup -getcomputername
To change the computer name:
$ sudo systemsetup -setcomputername computername
or
$ sudo networksetup -setcomputername computername
Viewing or Changing the Date and Time
You can use the systemsetup or serversetup tool to view or change a computer’s
system date, time, and time zone. In addition, you can use the systemsetup tool to view
or change whether a server uses a network time server.
You can also change these settings using the Date & Time pane of System Preferences.